Golf: The Legends of the Game - Hardcover

In the few years that he has played golf on the pro circuit, Tiger Woods has done more to popularize the game of golf than Arnold Palmer has in a lifetime. Today, school-aged children around the country, from exclusive suburbs to inner city communities, are taking up golf. The game now has its own cable television station with 24 hour-a-day programming. Golf is big.

It's appropriate then that Tiger Woods graces the cover of Golf. Here are the great players who have repeatedly proven themselves on the course. These are the men and women with the nerve and skill to win. They are the champions who have worn the cloak of victory with grace.

Golf is an essential reference for all golf fans and the perfect tribute to the game's top 300 men and women:

Bobby Jones, the great American, true-blue amateur
Arnold Palmer, voted best known and loved
Gene Sarazen, first to win all four grand slam events
Mildred Zaharias, the beloved, all-around "Babe"
Walter Hagen, ever flamboyant
Severiano Ballesteros, swashbuckling Spaniard
Jack Nicklaus, perhaps the most celebrated golfer
Tiger Woods, the breathtaking young player, plus
Fred Couples
Greg Norman
Ben Crenshaw
Nick Price
Ernie Els
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Nick Faldo
Sam Snead
Tom Watson

Relive some of the greatest moments in golf, such as:

Francis Ouimet, an unknown, shocks the golf world with his 1913 win of the US Open
Gene Sarazen hits his most famous shot in the 1935 Masters
Doug Sanders makes his 1970 Open famous miss
Nicklaus' 1986 win - his sixth Masters
Seve Ballesteros becomes a legend in the 1976 Open
Bob Tway blasts Norman in the 1986 USPGA

The book includes the history of the four Major Championships. The player profiles and fact boxes give name, date of birth, career highlights, major championship titles plus Ryder/Curtis Cup appearances for 280 of the world's greatest golfers. Photos and stories relive the most celebrated and unforgettable moments of all the major championships.